In this paper, we assemble data from several household surveys to document how pension coverage of young and older workers has evolved in Canada between the mid-1980s and the mid-1990s. Our main findings are the following. First, both administrative data from the Pension Plans in Canada (PPIC)...

Canadian tax rules purport to offer equal access to deferred-income retirement saving. In practice, they do not. Uniform, target retirement savings limits must be adopted so that all Canadians will have the same opportunity to save for retirement. The author recommends replacing current...